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P/S Bloodred Tessera 0124b

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2014 Male Pied-sided Bloodred Tessera corn snake.  He has precious little lateral white, but enough to ensure that he possess the P/S (Pied-sided) gene mutation. That gene barely exhibited, he’s very calm, and stunning in appearance.  He is currently about 20″ long, eating unaltered frozen/thawed medium to large pinky mice.  His $500.00 usd  price includes        . . .

Different pose and lighting of the same snake.  I hope we soon discover why most Bloodred Tesseras have such broken dorsal striping, which others (like this one) have beautifully contiguous dorsal striping? 

 

Scaleless Snow 0114b

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2014 Male Scaleless Snow Corn.  Inset Bubble view offers a macro look of the neck area to show you the barely visible yellow that borders the white band margins.  He is currently about 12″ long, eating unaltered frozen/thawed pinky mice.  His $1600.00 usd  price includes        . . .

Different pose and lighting of the same snake. I love the white face bands. 

Hybrid History Of Scaleless Corns:

In 2012, we were fortunate to acquire several different color and pattern morphs of Scaleless Corns from Stephane Rousselle in France.  He has many dozens of different color and pattern variants of this unique mutation.Just as seed-less grapes are not really devoid of seeds (they are simply small seeds), scale-less corns have SOME scales.  The entire bellies of most are classically or partially scaled, and random fragments of scale patterns are seen in varying degrees elsewhere on their bodies, from one individual to another.  I hear comments like, “eeeeyewww, the face looks freaky” or “why are the eyes so disproportionately large?”.  The eyes are not disproportionately large per body size, but in the absence of scales around them, a super-protruding appearance results. Of course, no two biological forms are precisely identical, but add to that the color and pattern variability and the infrequent scale placements and Scaleless Corns take “no two alike” to a whole new level.  Exactly where there are a few scales on their body renders a veritable unique fingerprint for each individual snake.  Regardless of how many and where scales are sparsely located, the predominant lack of scales results in a more deeply-saturated color exhibition.  Who knew that the armor (scales) of serpents actually rendered a dilution of their here-to-fore unseen color brilliance?  Few corn snake mutations are capable of altering mutation and morph compounds as dramatically as the Scaleless mutation.  Have fun mixing and matching myriad color and pattern potentials with this new and variable mutation.  

The originator of the Scaleless mutants in France (Richard Dijoux) https://www.colubiasnakes.fr indicates on his web site that they originate from pairing an Emory’s (Great Plains) Rat Snake with a Corn Snake.  Hence, ALL Scaleless corns in the hobby toDAY are technically inter-species hybrid mutants (though 1st cousin species). 
 
Inter-species Hybrids:  The VERY first Scaleless snake in the corn snake hobby–AND the patriarch of all Scaleless “corns” toDAY–was the result of pairing a WHEAT (what some Europeans call the Emory’s/Great Plains Rat Snake) to a CORN Snake.  The owner of those snakes reported that only one Scaleless snake hatched from that marriage; THE patriarch of all Scaleless corns toDAY. Therefore, beginning with the F1 generation–and all subsequent generations since–at the time of this writing, all Scaleless corns toDAY have Emory’s Rat Snake genes in them (one DAY the scale-less mutation will be demonstrated in pure corns, as with ALL reptile species on this planet).  Of course, either via polygenetics , gene mutations  or both, just like all dogs toDAY are selective variants of wolves (therefore, all dogs technically ARE wolves), after a few generations of breeding these Scaleless “hybrids” solely to corn snakes, less and progressively less of their ancestral phenotype will be visually evident. A parallel is that the Dachshund genetically IS a modern wolf variant, but when you look at such a modern dog, do you see ANY resemblance to a wolf?  Polygenetics and mutations have distinguished Dachshunds from other dog breeds and their wolf ancestors. Fortunately, even the first F1 out-bred Scaleless Corn already looked like one, since black and white photos of Corns and Emory’s Ratssnakes are virtually identical in pattern.  Other inter-species hybrids in our hobby toDAY include (but are surely not be limited to) Creamsicles and Ultra/Ultramels. 

 

Gray-banded Kingsnake0120b

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This 2013 male Gray-banded Kingsnake (Lampropeltis alterna) is now 21″ long, eating unaltered frozen/thawed fuzzy mice.  His locality is the first high cut on Juno Road in Val Verde, County, Texas.  His $195.00 usd  price includes         

Tessera Het Scaleless 0109B

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The nice thing about new corn snake projects these DAYs is that we have such a huge inventory of morphs and mutations, there is ample opportunity for ANYONE to be the first to make a new mutation compound.  This 2013 Tessera offers just such an opportunity.  Well, perhaps not potential for the FIRST, but close enough.  This male Tessera is het for Anery and Scaleless.   He is currently 30″ long and weighs 152 grams empty.  If he is not sold, I fully expect him to be over 36″ when I’m ready to breed snakes for 2015 production.  Therefore, if bred to a female with the same genes, the potential for the first Scaleless Anery Tessera is very good.  Even if someone hasn’t got a genetic match for this snake, there is great potential for making good money in just a few short years. If you don’t have a female that’s het for Scaleless, breeding this Tessera to any Anery corn will render some Anery Tesseras (in addition to classic Tesseras and classic Aneries).  Because some of those will also be het for Scaleless, one need only hold back all of the females to raise and bred back to their father; this snake OR one like him.  Some of them won’t be het for Scaleless, but even without a female that matches this snake’s genome, this would be the quickest way to get Scaleless Tesseras and/or Scaleless Anery Tesseras.    His $1,500.00 price includes       

 

Charcoal Terrazzo 0128b

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This 2014 female Charcoal Terrazzo now 16″ long, eating frozen/thawed pinky mice.  While her eyes look a little “buggy”, it’s not an uncommon look in such a slender mutant as Terrazzo. Also, the absence of facial color and markings–which are elemental in disguising the size and location of a snake’s eye–renders a super-ocular appearance.  Her $395.00 usd  price includes         . .


Same snake in different light and pose. 

 

Scaleless Anery 0110B

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2014 male Scaleless Anery Corn Snake.  The Scaleless gene mutation was first discovered in France from the pairing of a Corn to an Emory’s Ratsnake, so all Scaleless corns in the hobby toDAY are inter-species hybrids.  This male is approximately 15″ long, eating frozen/thawed pinky mice.  His $1,050.00 price includes       

 

Albino Hognose 0111B

This 2014 female Albino Western Hognose has never refused an unaltered frozen/thawed pinky mouse.   Her $195.00 usd  price includes       Bonus Pic . . .

 

Two views of the same snake pictured above. 

CAUTION:  ALL Western Hognose snakes–regardless of color and pattern–are considered mildly venomous.  Their venom has never resulted in a human death, and symptoms of being envenomated by a hognose resemble those of allergic reactions to insect stings and plant poisons. If you have severe allergies to insect stings, it’s advised that you never handle a Western Hognose without protective gloves.  While extremely rare, most bites to humans result from the confusion of smelling food either on or in the vicinity of the care giver.  Children should not handle Western Hognose snakes without parental supervision.  I’ve had hognose snakes for over 40 years, and have NEVER seen or heard of anyone being bitten by one from anger or aggression.  Open mouth threat displays–and consequent striking–rarely, if ever, result in bites to humans, so virtually all bites are from feeding reactions.  Healthy hognose snakes seem to be perpetually hungry, and will react accordingly. Therefore, extreme caution should be employed when first opening their cages.